Senior Platform Engineer - Kubernetes - remote
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, 50319, USA
Listed on 2026-01-01
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing
Situs
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At Situs
AMC, we are looking to match your unique experience with one of our amazing careers, so that we can help you realize your potential and career growth within the Real Estate Industry. If you are someone who can be yourself, advocate for others, stay nimble, dream big, own every outcome, and think global but act local – come join our team!
Situs
AMC is on a Digital Transformation journey to Strategize, implement, and automate end-to-end product delivery using turn‑key technologies. This role requires a passion for programming and knowledge in Cloud technologies such as Terraform, AWS Services, Docker, Kubernetes, and familiar with Git development. The Engineer is expected to provide strategy and implement enterprise‑scale automation for scalability, performance, security, and availability.
Engineering & Leadership: Contribute as both an individual contributor and a mentor, guiding teammates within the Cloud Platform Engineering team.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, build, and maintain automated infrastructure using Terraform and AWS services (Lambda, SQS, Rabbit
MQ, event‑driven technologies).CI/CD & Deployment Automation: Develop advanced pipelines (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, ArgoCD, FluxCD) to support application deployment across monolithic, stateless, and serverless architectures.
Cloud Architecture & Security: Design frameworks aligned with the AWS Well‑Architected Framework and security standards (e.g., NIST, NYDFS), ensuring compliance and resilience.
Operational Excellence: Deliver solutions in high‑pressure, multi‑customer environments, addressing complex needs with speed and precision.
Strategic Planning: Develop tactical plans for IaC strategy and implementation across products with varying maturity levels.
AWS Security & Networking: Implement and manage IAM policies, permission sets, Security Groups, NACLs, and VPC configurations to maintain strong cloud security posture.
Collaboration & Communication: Partner with internal and external stakeholders on design and architecture decisions and provide clear project updates to leadership.
Innovation & Scalability: Architect and develop new AWS services, leveraging tools like Kubernetes, Istio/Linkerd, and Karpenter for scalable, cloud‑native solutions.
Best Practices & Standards: Establish and enforce infrastructure design best practices, templates, and processes that elevate engineering consistency across the organization.
Other activities as assigned by your manager
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 8+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 2+ years in an AVP level role or external equivalent.
- 10–15 years of experience in cloud automation and infrastructure development preferred
- AWS Security & Networking Expertise: 8+ years managing IAM, permission sets, NACLs, Security Groups, and other security controls.
- Infrastructure as Code: Proven mastery in Terraform with extensive hands‑on implementation experience.
- CI/CD Pipelines & Git Ops: 6+ years building pipelines with Git Ops (ArgoCD, FluxCD) and automation platforms (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions).
- Kubernetes & Service Mesh: Strong background in deploying Kubernetes and service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
- Cloud‑Native Scaling: Experience with Karpenter and similar tools to enable automated scaling of APIs in the cloud.
- Programming & Automation: 6+ years coding in Python, Shell, or equivalent scripting languages for automation.
- AWS Cloud Services: Proficient in EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, VPC, IAM, and firewall configurations.
- Good to have experience on Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) and Bedrock Knowledge Base
- Understanding of any AI Agents, preferably AWS based agents such as Bedrock Agents…
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